Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.
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- Schedule of Classes - September 9, 2021 7:14PM EDT
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Classes
JWST 1102
Course Description
Intended for beginners. Provides a thorough grounding in reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students who complete the course are able to function in basic situations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 1777
Course Description
Intended for advanced beginners. Builds further competence in reading, writing, oral comprehension, speaking and grammar. Course material is presented and discussed in the context of Ashkenazi ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 1777, NES 1777
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Forman, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
No audits permitted.
JWST 2100
Course Description
The course is aimed at training students in exact and idiomatic Hebrew, expanding vocabulary and usage of grammatical knowledge, and acquiring facility of expression in both conversation and writing. Uses ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 2100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 2167
Course Description
Representations of masculinity play important roles in modern Hebrew texts. Through introduction to scholarship on gender and sexuality, students learn to critically analyze Hebrew texts featuring such ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2167
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hollander, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 2522
Course Description
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2522, CLASS 2630, NES 2522
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Monroe, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 2580
Course Description
How is the memory of the Holocaust kept alive by means of the literary and visual imagination? Within the historical context of the Holocaust and how and why it occurred, we shall examine major and widely ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2580, ENGL 2580
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Schwarz, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 2585
Course Description
The rap superstar Drake, comedian Ilana Glazer, and muscleman Zac Efron are just three of the millennial Jewish stars examined in this course. We will ask how millennial Jewish stars depict Jewishness ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2585, ENGL 2585, FGSS 2585, PMA 2985
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Branfman, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
JWST 2599
Course Description
This course explores the history of medicine and other sciences in the ancient Near East, broadly defined. In addition to medicine, the other scientific disciplines covered in this course include mathematics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2599, RELST 2599
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 2601
Course Description
The pyramids and mummies of Egypt, the ziggurats of Babylonia, and the armies of Assyria are all part of the legacy of the ancient Near East. This course serves as a basic introduction to the history, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2601
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Tenney, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 2644
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Jewish identities, values, and practices from the ancient to modern era. Organized thematically, it examines Judaism as a religious phenomenon, with a particular emphasis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2644, RELST 2644
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 2790
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2790, NES 2790, PMA 2490, VISST 2790
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Shapiro, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 3102
Course Description
This is the second course in our third-year Modern Hebrew language sequence. Like its predecessor, it focuses on developing speech proficiency, reading and listening comprehension, and writing. It does ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hollander, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 3108
Course Description
The course develops advanced Hebrew language proficiency through study of Israeli culture's diachronic development. Like HEBRW 3105, this course prioritizes reading comprehension through close reading ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3108
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hollander, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 3535
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Jewish philosophy – from Biblical texts to 20th century work. Our inquiries will span metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3535, RELST 3535
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hubner, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 3655
Course Description
This course examines the historic diversity of the modern Middle East, exploring histories of inter-communal contact and conflict. We begin by investigating the legacy of the Ottoman Empire and the impact ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3743, NES 3655, NES 6655, SHUM 3655
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Starr, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 4310
Course Description
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late". The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 4628
Course Description
What is "Gnosticism" and why has it come to be so hotly debated among scholars and in our contemporary media? What is the Gospel of Judas and are its ideas "heretical"? Who wrote the Gospel of Thomas and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4636, NES 4628, NES 6628, RELST 4628
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 4659
Course Description
This course examines the raw materials and discursive processes by which Biblical scribes fabricated a history of ancient Israel that featured static and defensible geographic and genealogical boundaries. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 6659, NES 4659, NES 6659, RELST 4659, RELST 6659, SHUM 4659, SHUM 6659
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 4721
Course Description
This course focuses on issues of conflict, peace, and reconciliation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as Sub-Saharan Africa. Both regions exemplify how issues ranging from nationalism ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4721, DSOC 4721, GOVT 4723, IARD 4721, NES 4721, STS 4721
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
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Online Meeting
Washington, DC - Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Online Meeting
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program. Essay required for selective admission to field-trip.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
JWST 4992
Course Description
For undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or do extensive reading on a special topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise ... view course details
JWST 6310
Course Description
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late". The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 6370
Course Description
In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics. This seminar will retrace ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4375, FREN 6375, GERST 4375, GERST 6375, HIST 4237, HIST 6237, ROMS 4370, ROMS 6370
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Traverso, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
JWST 6659
Course Description
This course examines the raw materials and discursive processes by which Biblical scribes fabricated a history of ancient Israel that featured static and defensible geographic and genealogical boundaries. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4659, NES 4659, NES 6659, RELST 4659, RELST 6659, SHUM 4659, SHUM 6659
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online